Power. Use of English B1+

Connecting the dots …                   [means, is meaning, have meant, has been meaning]to put various facts and ideas together to see the whole picture. It can help us understand the historical perspective in the true sense, and why things are happening.

Our ability to connect dots gives great insights. The knowledge we possess …       [had, has, is, were]the most significant enabler of developing our skill of connecting the dots. Things are related to each other, our action and thought process result from prior experience, and will be based on future consequences.

"You can't connect the dots …                [having looked, looking, being looked] forward; you can only connect them …                [having looked, being looked, looking] backwards."

- Steve Jobs

Observation is an action or a process of carefully watching someone or something. Observation is simply a way of understanding the world we live in, but is it really simple to observe? What …            [had made, made, make, will make, makes] a few of us more observant and, on the contrary, why do others simply ignore or …         [obtain, fail, acquire, manage] to register events around them?

Dreams of achieving something help in …                 [being aligned, being aligning, aligning, having aligned] all efforts in that direction. Dreams motivate, inspire, improve, and help you achieve any goal. Dreaming for a significant purpose is essential, and it can even change the course of your entire life.

"Ideas are …       [like, as] fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper."

A deep dive into something is a thorough investigation and analysis of it. We take hundreds of decisions, and arrive at numerous conclusions, …               [basing, based, being based, having based] on our experience.

We face many challenges in our lives today, and at the same time, we need to make suitable decisions to solve the problem. To arrive at the solution, it's essential to understand the problem first; hence deep dive helps in …                     [understanding, to understand, to have understood]and finding the solution.

"Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads onto actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character …             [is fixing, fixed, have fixed, had fixed, fixes]our destiny."

- Tryon Edwards

When we get passionate about doing something, there is no pain, no burnout, and no excuses. Ask a scientist who works 20 hours a day. He does not work hard just …                 [earned, to earn, earning, to have earned] money, he has a mission to achieve, i.e. there is a purpose behind his work.

Even today, those who learn are respected more, because their ability to contribute to society is more. Historical perspective tells us that communication …           [was, had been, has been, were]critical in humans' thriving.

Carnegie Institute of Technology did many years of research, and concluded, "85 percent of your financial success is …             [because of, due to, despite of, close to]your personality and ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. Shockingly, only 15 percent, due to the technical knowledge you have."

Indra Nooyi, ex-chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, says, "You can't over-invest in communication."

You will be surprised to know, that British Prime Minister, Mrs. Margret Thatcher, …             [questioned, requested, hired, dismissed]a National Theatre tutor, to improve her communication.

Are you using your communication skill effectively?

If not, please work on it. What is most important in communication is your content, tone, and body language.

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; But to acquire wisdom, one must …          [study, observe, learn, witness]."

…              [Necessarily, Invariably, Definitely, Certainly] every scientific investigation begins with an observation.

In his famous book, A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking noted, "good scientific theories …                       [must be built, must build, must have built, must have been built]on a large class of observations?"

Observations are the basis of scientific theories.